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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match U.S. auto tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada will match U.S. President Trump's 25% auto tariffs with a tariff on vehicles imported from the United States.
Haiti announces new measures to fight gangs after thousands of protesters demand security
The leader of Haiti’s transitional presidential council says it is taking measures to crack down on a surge in gang violence as he acknowledged that the country has “become hell for everyone.”
World Bank announces multimillion-dollar redress fund after killings and abuse claims at Tanzanian project
Communities in Ruaha national park reject response to alleged assault and evictions of herders during tourism scheme funded by the bankThe World Bank is embarking on a multimillion-dollar programme in response to alleged human rights abuses against Tanzanian herders during a flagship tourism project it funded for seven years.Allegations made by pastoralist communities living in and around Ruaha national park include violent evictions, sexual assaults, killings, forced disappearances and large-scale cattle seizures from herders committed by rangers working for the Tanzanian national park authority (Tanapa). Continue reading...
UK watchdog to probe charity co-founded by Prince Harry after boardroom dispute
Britain's charity regulator has opened an investigation into an African charity co-founded by Prince Harry, a week after the prince and the organization's board of trustees resigned amid a dispute with the charity's chairwoman.
Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics
Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close ‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babiesMore than 200 health facilities run by the World Health Organization in Afghanistan, providing medical care for 1.84 million people, have closed or ceased operating after the US aid cuts announced by the Trump administration shut off life-saving medical care, including vaccinations, maternal and child health services.On his first day in office in January, President Donald Trump announced an immediate freeze on all US foreign assistance, including more than $40bn (£32bn) for international projects coming from USAID, the United States Agency for International Development. It was later confirmed that more than 80% of USAID programmes had been cancelled. Continue reading...
The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline
On 23 March contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza. A week later their bodies were recovered from a mass graveAt 4.20am, a Red Crescent ambulance on its way to collect people injured by an airstrike in Rafah comes under Israeli fire in Hashashin. Two paramedics are killed. Continue reading...
Once called the world's most popular politician, Brazil's Lula faces plummeting approval
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was once called the most popular politician on Earth by then-U.S. President Barack Obama. Those times are long gone.
Victorian man charged for allegedly threatening to kill politician days after AFP head warned of rising threats
Ballarat man, 51, sent two threatening emails to an unnamed federal MP in late March, police will allegeGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian man has been charged for allegedly sending an email to a federal politician in which he threatened to kill them.The Australian federal police (AFP) charged the 51-year-old from Ballarat on Thursday as part of an investigation into two emails he allegedly sent to a commonwealth politician on 27 March.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...
In the crosshairs of stiff US tariffs, tiny coral islands in the South Pacific and Arctic outposts
The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former British penal colony
U.K. watchdog to probe charity co-founded by Prince Harry after boardroom dispute
Britain's charity regulator has opened an investigation into an African charity co-founded by Prince Harry, a week after the prince and other trustees resigned due to a dispute with the charity's chairwoman.
Watchdog to probe charity co-founded by Prince Harry after chairwoman accused him of bullying
Britain’s charity commission has opened an investigation into the boardroom battle of an African charity co-founded by Prince Harry
Russia warns of 'irreversible global catastrophe' if U.S. attacks Iran
Russia said Thursday that any attacks on its ally Iran would be unacceptable and illegal, warning of irreversible consequences if the U.S. were to bomb the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities.
